The appointment of former IAEA chief Mohamed Elbaradei for the post of Egypt’s interim prime minister has been placed on hold as consultations with various political parties over the selection of an interim PM continue.

Speaking at an impromptu press conference held at Cairo's
Ittihadiya presidential palace, spokesman for interim President
Adly Mansour, Ahmed Musilamani, told reporters the presidency had
to take into account opposition to ElBaradei and denied that the
nomination of the Nobel Peace laureate was ever certain.

Earlier, the Tamarod movement which organized the mass protests
that lead to the overthrow of Morsi on Wednesday, made the
announcement after consultations with Adly Mansour, that Mohamed
ElBaradei was appointed to be Egypt's interim Prime Minister.

The announcement was greeted with cheers from thousands of
Tamarod supporters outside the presidential palace. They waited
there for most of the day as ElBaradei spent Saturday in
discussions with other chiefs of Egypt’s new coalition, involving
army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Ministry of Defense.

Meanwhile, the country’s most prominent Islamist parties
expressed their opposition amid the news reports ElBaradei would
be appointed.

"The nomination of ElBaradei violates the roadmap that the
political and national powers had agreed on with General Abdel
Fattah al-Sisi," the deputy leader of the Nour Party, Ahmed
Khalil told Al Ahram. The Nour Party is Egypt's second biggest
Islamist group.

The Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s largest Islamic party and
supporters of former President Morsi also voiced their anger over
ElBaradei’s nomination, calling it “Washington’s choice”
and urged more protests on Sunday.

“We reject this coup and all that results from it, including
ElBaradei,” a high-ranking official in the Freedom and
Justice Party, the Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing, told
Reuters.

Presidential spokesman said that several options remain for the
role of the interim Prime Minister but mentioned no other
candidates. Musilamani also emphasized there was no set date for
the appointment to be made.

The spokesman also said that the Muslim Brotherhood can take part
in the coming elections.

"We extend our hand to everyone, everyone is a part of this
nation," the spokesman told reporters. “The
Muslim Brotherhood has plenty of opportunities to run for all
elections including the coming presidential elections or the ones
to follow."

But outside Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in Nasr City, in
Cairo, a nucleus of Morsi supporters demanded the army restore
President Morsi to power. Following Friday and Saturday clashes
where at least 36 people died and more than 1,000 were wounded,
they staged a sit-in protest next to the barracks of the
Republican Guards where the ousted president is believed to be
held.

Following the ousting of President Morsi on Wednesday, tens of
thousands of people marched across the country in what the Muslim
Brotherhood movement called a "Friday of
Rage". Street battles erupted with some of the worst
violence seen on the streets of Alexandria, where 14 people lost
their lives. Eight areas of Cairo have also witnessed street
battles with anti-Morsi activists clashing with his supporters.
In Cairo, three hours of street fighting eased after the army
deployed troops and vehicles, to keep rival sides apart.